Gerbert (TV series)

Gerbert was a Christian-themed children's television series, the series was produced by Brad Smith.[1]

The Gerbert character was performed by Andy Holmes, of Abilene, Texas.[2] Holmes first developed a program using Gerbert for hospitals to show children to help them get over their fears of hospitalization.[2] The Gerbert Character was bought by HSH Educational media Inc. and produced the Gerbert TV series in 1987. HSH Educational Media is owned by Brad Smith and Chris Christian. Chris Christian and Brad Smith were the Executive Producers of all the Gerber TV Shows and Chris Christian produced and owns all the Gerbert Music and currently owns HSH Educational Media Inc. The Gerbert TV Show first aired on the CBN Cable Network, which later changed its name to CBN Family Channel and then to the Family Channel. The first shows were taped in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the CBN studios after Chris Christian and Tim Robertson launched the show and all other shows were taped in Irving, Texas at the Studios at Las Colinas which was owned by Chris Christian and Ross Perot Jr..

Gerbert first aired in the mornings on the Christian Broadcasting Network's The Family Channel (now ABC Family) from 1988 to 1991, and was also sold as a video series in Wal-Mart and Christian book stores. It has aired on Christian television stations and networks continuously since its 1988 debut. A secular version, with the religious material edited out and replaced, was produced for PBS in the mid-1990s. It aired in the late 2000s on KidMango. It currently airs on Smile of a Child.

At the end of many episodes, the camera would zoom into a dark hole in a hollow tree, cutting to a 3-4 minute episode of Ploom. Ploom was a white, plume-like puppet with aphasia who could only speak in nonsense.